Chapter 24: A Frightening Night

My sister’s words undoubtedly comforted my sister, who was less afraid. Instead, I was yelled at by my father to shut up.

The final result of the discussion was that from that day on, my mother would sleep with my second sister, including when she went to the bathroom at night, and my second sister would go to school with my eldest sister and back home with me.

My father concluded that they would definitely catch that crazy woman, or at least scare her away.

With the whole family avoiding her, the woman was immediately labeled a lunatic.

What my sisters didn’t know was that after that, my parents used an excuse to take me into the house alone and asked me in detail about what had happened with the daughter. However, in the end, I was diagnosed as delirious from the fever!

Two days later, my sister’s condition improved. She said that she hadn’t seen the woman since then, except for the occasional sighting at school.

In this case, my parents ordered me to accompany my sister at noon. To my delight, after doing so, I didn’t see the woman at school anymore.

It seemed like the matter had ended, and my parents were relieved.

Now I think about it, they were reluctant to go to see the old man because he had said that my parents had a weak relationship. At the time, I was still young, so the words didn’t hurt me that much. As I grew up and my relationship with my parents deepened, the words hurt me more.

It wasn’t that they didn’t respect or appreciate Old Master Jiang, but they were afraid that once he arrived, the prophecy would come true.

But did the matter really end there?

Ten days later, my second sister had basically not seen the woman for three days, and on that day, my second sister told my mother that she wanted to sleep alone.

Because my mother is a very light sleeper and easily wakes up at night, this also affected my sister’s sleep.

My second sister felt that she had fallen behind in her studies during this period of time. It was hard for her to not be affected by the woman, but not sleeping well at night also had an impact.

In addition, my second sister is only 11 years old, which is still considered a child. Children tend to forget things easily, and since they don’t have so many taboos, they really don’t leave any lasting impressions.

But my mother disagreed. After all, she and my father knew what was going on. My mother was very cautious and chose to continue sleeping with my second sister until she decided otherwise.

But that night, my second sister had an accident, and I was the first witness.

That night, my family ate old preserved pork. As everyone knows, old preserved pork is very salty, but that didn’t stop me, who loves meat, from eating a lot of it.

I drank a lot of water after eating a lot of bacon, so that night I slept very uneasily, always dreaming of peeing, and finally woke up from a strong urge to pee.

In rural houses, the toilet is usually built outside the main house. I got up in a daze and went straight to the toilet to pee.

The night was so quiet, except for the occasional barking of a dog, the rest was the chirping of insects. In this quiet environment, I was not very awake until I finished peeing.

The weather in October was already getting cold, especially at night, and the temperature difference between day and night was particularly large. As soon as I came out of the toilet, the cold wind blew and I shivered, only then did I become slightly sober.

I may forget the details of many things in my growing years, but I can’t forget that night was particularly dark.

It was so dark that I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face, not to mention the stars or the moon.

“After all, I know my own home. If I’m outside, I might fall in!” This was the only thought I had at the time. After I finished thinking, I wrapped my arms around me, sneezed, and quickly rushed back inside.

Next, I don’t know if it was a coincidence or because it was so dark and I was rushing too fast, I fell in the yard. It was this fall that made me realize something was wrong.

What can I say? Human eyes have the ability to adapt to darkness. After all, I was already awake, so I could see a little bit. Besides, this was in a familiar environment鈥攎y own yard. I was able to look up and see that something was wrong.

What was wrong? It was right at my front door! I saw a shadow at my front door, as if someone was standing there!

It was dark, so I wasn’t sure, but I suspected it was her. I couldn’t help but take a few steps forward, and this time I saw clearly.

I was so shocked that I almost screamed! My second sister was standing at the door!

“Er…jie, Erjie…” I called out twice, but she didn’t answer or even turn her head.

But I was absolutely sure it was my sister. She was wearing a jacket that I was very familiar with, the kind she liked to wear to bed.

At this time, my sister had a back view, but I felt very bad about it. I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. I wanted to call my parents, and I also wanted to pull my sister back to bed. I hesitated for a second.

In the end, I decided to pull my sister in first and then call my parents. So, I tried to suppress the bad feeling and walked towards my sister!

When I was about to walk up to my sister, she suddenly turned around. I was startled by the sudden turn, and I could clearly see that my sister usually liked to wear her hair loose when she slept, but at the moment it was hanging down. I didn’t know why.

“What are you doing, sister?” I shouted with courage.

My sister didn’t answer me, but smiled at me. It was supposed to be a normal smile, but it made me very creepy. It was a bit desolate, very fierce, and very elusive. The most important thing was that her smile had a venomous taste to it.

It was not at all like my second sister was smiling at me.

My heart tightened, and I instinctively felt scared. I froze. Just as I froze, my sister turned around quickly, opened the gate to the courtyard without hesitation, and rushed out!

At this point, I finally reacted, shouting in the yard, “Mom, something’s wrong with my second sister. She’s running outside.”

I shouted so loudly that not only did my mother, who was already a light sleeper, wake up, but even the light in my father’s large bedroom turned on. It was very dark, and my sister had already rushed out and was about to disappear. I was anxious for my parents to hurry, and I was worried that my sister would cry out.

Finally, my mother rushed out and yelled at the door, “Sanwa, where did your second sister run off to?”

I rushed to the door and saw that my sister’s back was almost out of sight. I don’t know where I got the courage, but I yelled, “Mom, you follow me, I’m going to chase my sister.”

“Sanwa, you…” My mother was shouting something, but I had already rushed out the door.

I chased after my sister’s back, running very fast. The wind whistled in my ears, and I forgot to be afraid. My mind was filled with the scenes of my sister being good to me. I had only one thought: I couldn’t let anything happen to my sister.

But my sister was running so fast that I couldn’t catch up with her no matter how hard I tried. Usually my sister couldn’t run that fast, let alone outrun me. What was wrong with her today? I couldn’t catch up with my sister, and I was anxious and helpless. As I ran, tears came down my face, and I felt like I was about to lose my sister.

“Sister, wait for me…” I ran behind my sister crying and shouting, but my sister didn’t pay any attention to me.

Because I was running too fast and it was dark, I finally fell to the ground. The dirt road in the countryside was bumpy, and I didn’t know what had hit me. I was in pain all over, and at that moment, I looked back and saw that my parents had caught up. My father was holding a flashlight, and the bright light shone right on me.

“Sanwa, you go back…” my father shouted behind me, panting.

“No!” I quickly got up from the ground, turned around and ran, continuing to chase after my second sister. I was too young to understand the kind of emotion that family ties cannot be severed. I only thought that if I went back now, I would be abandoning my second sister.

In this way, my second sister ran ahead, and my mother and father chased after her. It seemed that as long as my second sister did not stop, we would not stop either.

I don’t know how long we chased like this, but gradually I felt something was wrong. I knew the village so well, but where was my sister running to?

It was clearly to the village cemetery!